There it goes...down...down...down...

Oh gosh, I made a big mistake yesterday.

So eager to test out an LTO tape drive on an Intel server that I , without thinking, plug in the SCSI connector on the 'live' server, oops, bad action, the server just went down itself. Even after a power recycle, it did not come up, worst thing is that a BSOD saying "the boot device is inaccessible".

How could I make such a big error, connecting a tape drive to a production server without having to shut it down first? In the end, we had to reinstall the OS, recover a back-dated system state, reinstall the middleware (oracle DB) and finally restore the files and DB data from the backup.

I guess we were lucky, managed to restore back the system, although, some batch jobs were affected, which can be re-run or recover.

Three cheers to the team, who worked through the night (>7hrs) to fix the problem. Guys, sorry for the err on my part, please accept my sincere apology.

Tell you a story...

If you are a gal, you saw something so interesting that you wanted your bf to get (read buy) it for you. What would you do?

Maybe you will tell him straight away, yes? So, this bf of yours says..."ok, can get it for you! but....", seeing that you have been dieting and your body getting very thin, he says..."try to gain some weight first, then, we will see?"

So, if you are a SG gal, what would you say?

Maybe, you would say...."nay, I don't need you to get it for me, I have a job, I got money, I buy it myself!"

So, what if you are not a SG gal, what would you say?

Maybe, you would say...."ok, dear, I will do it for you, don't forget, ok?"

So sweet.....